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Celebrating Mother's Day

In Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Turkey, and the United States, Mother’s Day is always celebrated on the second Sunday of May. It’s a special day that everyone seems to enjoy and, since it is a springtime celebration, flowers usually top the list of Mother’s Day presents. But, while we want to do something special and out-of-the-ordinary for our Mom on this day, it does not have to be something expensive. Here are five no or low-cost ways you can celebrate your Mom, without breaking into your piggy bank (or at least without withdrawing much from it):

Make your Mom a bouquet of flowers.

Give your Mom a home mani-pedi.

Make Mom a pair of fun, flirty flip flops that everyone will admire.

Make Your Mom a Homemade Bouquet of Daisies

My child made this bouquet of daisies for me on Valentine's Day one year, but they are also a great Mother's Day gift! | Source

How to Make a Craft Foam Daisy Bouquet

This is a quick and easy craft that your kids can even do the evening before Mother's Day (and still be in bed on time!). My daughter created my bouquet on her own, as a surprise to me, on a weekend day when I was busily trying to meet a deadline, leaving the computer only to feed us.

You will need:

white craft foam (either 5 or 6 pre-cut flower shapes or 1-2 sheets from which to cut out your own flower shapes)

yellow craft foam (1/4 sheet will be enough)

5 or 6 white, green, or brown pipe cleaners

liquid glue (not a glue stick)

a pretty vase to put your bouquet in

If you'd like to make your Mom a bouquet of poppies or carnations, simply substitute red craft foam for the white!

Cut out flower shapes if you are using a craft foam sheet

Cut the pipe cleaners to the appropriate size for the vase into which you will put them.

Cut out small yellow circles for the daisy centers.

Poke the pipe cleaners through the center of your craft foam flowers. Or, ask an adult to cut small holes in the center of each of your flowers, then put the pipe cleaners through.

Glue a yellow circle onto the top of the pipe cleaner.

Place them into the vase.

Present them to your Mom!

A Home Manicure for Mother's Day

The winning results of a Mother's Day home manicure session with Aunties. | Source

Give Your Mom (and Yourself) a Home Mani-Pedi

A home manicure and pedicure is just the right thing with which to pamper your busy Mom. It gives you time to chat together and helps you both relax. If you do not already have nail polish at home, go to the store to choose your colors together before Mother's Day. Then, start with the pedicure. First, soak your feet in a home foot bath and you are good to go!

How to make a home foot bath:

Run warm water into the bath tub.

Put some epsom salts or bubble bath into the water.

Sit side by side on the edge of the tub and soak your feet for 10 to 15 minutes.

Dry your feet with a warm towel.

Moisturize your feet with a scented moisturizer or foot cream.

Home Pedicure:

Cut your toe nails over a paper towel. Then, gather up the cut nails and throw them away.

Color your toe nails with your favorite color. Be inventive: use two or more colors, one for each toe!

Allow the polish to dry.

Once dry, you can use other colors to paint small designs on each toe or on just the big toe nail.

The home manicure:

Place a small amount of liquid dish washing detergent (not the kind for the dishwasher!) into a small bowl.

Fill the small bowl about 1/4 full with warm water, allowing the detergent to suds up.

Place it on a towel, on top of a table or stable surface.

Place one of Mom's hands into the water.

While one hand soaks, file the nails on Mom's other hand with an emery board.

When you are done filing the nails on the dry hand, take Mom's soaking hand out of the bowl, dry it off and switch sides.

While her other hand soaks, file the nails on Mom's "moisturized" hand.

When you are done filing that hand, dry Mom's other hand.

Then, get to work carefully painting Mom's nails! Again, be inventive! There's no law that says that each nail has to be the same color or have the same (or any) design!

Have Mom do your nails, or paint your own; then, take a picture of your manicures (like the one above)!

A Home Pedicure and Flirty Flip Flops

A home pedicure and flirty, fun, crafty flip flops are a great low or no cost gift for Mom on her day! | Source

Flowery Flip Flops for Mother's Day

Scrunch the balloons up very tightly together and use at least two different, but complementary colors, to form a flower design. | Source

Fun Flip Flop Craft and Great Gift for Mom's Feet

Another great gift idea for Mom that takes almost no time to make and can cost as little as two dollars (a bag of balloons and a pair of flip flops from your local Dollar Store are all you need) is decorating a pair of flip flops in Mom's size with latex balloons. To make these attractive, flirty sandals and help Mom get into a playful, relaxed summertime mood, just take the balloons (not blown up), stretch them, and tie them around the top of the flip flop. Keep adding until you have covered the entire band (crowd them close together as in the pair of flip flops in the picture above) or make little flowers by bunching the balloons up to make a flower pattern (as in the picture at the right).

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Anahi Pari-di-Monriva 4 years agofrom Massachusetts

Thanks, Princess! I'm glad you like the flip flops! I got so many compliments on them last summer, everywhere I went, so I just had to share. They are quick, fun, and pretty to make. I hope your girls love making them, too.

Princess Clark 4 years agofrom The DMV

Love it! The best gifts are homemade and heartfelt. Thanks for the reminder and for sprinkling great ideas that every mom any where in the world will enjoy. I especially over the flip flops. Sharing this with my girls. Vote up!

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Anahi Pari-di-Monriva 4 years agofrom Massachusetts

Congratulations, Randi! Mazel tov! That is such wonderful news! Enjoy! Many blessings to you, your daughter, and baby Jace!

Randi Benlulu 4 years agofrom Mesa, AZ

It was great but today was even better as my grandson decided to make an early appearance! He was born this past Wednesday, a little small but otherwise, very healthy! That's why we went for manicures last week. She had pre term labor and the doctor said it could be anytime. Baby Jace obliged!

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Anahi Pari-di-Monriva 4 years agofrom Massachusetts

Thanks, Randi! I hope your early Mother's Day was happy, too!

Randi Benlulu 4 years agofrom Mesa, AZ

Great ideas, Anahi! My daughter and I do that every year for mother's day. This year we had to do ours a little early. Fun hub with great ideas. Up+ Happy Mother's Day!

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Anahi Pari-di-Monriva 4 years agofrom Massachusetts

Thank you so much for stopping by, reading, and commenting, sarifearnbd! I love my mum very much, too, and am thrilled and awed to be a mum, myself.